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US6024595A
US6024595A US08/899,141 US89914197A US6024595A US 6024595 A US6024595 A US 6024595A US 89914197 A US89914197 A US 89914197A US 6024595 A US6024595 A US 6024595A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/64—Means for preventing incorrect coupling
    • H01R13/641—Means for preventing incorrect coupling by indicating incorrect coupling; by indicating correct or full engagement
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/627—Snap or like fastening
    • H01R13/6271—Latching means integral with the housing
    • H01R13/6272—Latching means integral with the housing comprising a single latching arm
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/639—Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap

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  • the present invention relates to a connector including first and second housings.
  • a lock piece on one housing cooperates with a hooking part on the other housing.
  • a detecting member indicates whether the housings are properly locked together.
  • a connector using the motion of a position change of a lock piece in order to detect partial connection of connector housings has been previously proposed.
  • An example is a lever or seesaw type lock piece having a downward projection on a front side of one connector housing.
  • a hooking part adapted to hook the downward projection is provided on the other connector housing.
  • a detecting member is inserted in the bottom side of a rear end of the lock piece, and when both housings are properly connected together, the lock piece returns to its original position and the detecting member can be inserted into an opening at the bottom side of the rear end part.
  • the detecting member cannot be inserted because the downward projection is mounted on the hooking part and the lock piece swings. Therefore, it is possible to detect an incomplete connection of the housing.
  • the present invention includes a connector having a lock piece which is capable of elastically and obliquely moving in either one of a pair of mutually fitted connector housings.
  • the lock piece is obliquely moved by passing over a hooking part which is provided at an opposite connector housing when the connector housings are fitted together. Both connector housings are locked in a proper fitting position or state by the lock piece which returns to its original position when both connector housings are properly fitted.
  • a detecting member is capable of moving towards a predetermined location in response to oblique movement of an end of the lock piece. The obliquely moving end of the lock piece extends over a portion of the detecting member when the lock piece passes the hooking part.
  • a connector includes first and second connector housings adapted to be connected together along a fitting direction to between a plurality of improperly fitted positions and a properly fitted position.
  • a hooking part is attached to one of the first and second connector housings.
  • a lock piece is provided on the other of said first and second connector housings and includes an end portion for obliquely moving and passing over the hooking part and being adapted to return to its original position to hook the hooking part when the first and second connector housings are in the properly fitted position.
  • a detecting member is movable along the fitting direction and is offset from the position of the end portion of the lock piece, as viewed along the fitting direction, when the first and second connector housings are in the improperly fitted position.
  • the detecting member extends over the end portion of the lock piece when the first and second connector housings are in the properly fitted position.
  • the end portion of the lock piece and the detecting member are not offset from each other, as viewed along the fitting direction, when the first and second connector housings are in the properly fitted position.
  • the detecting member includes a pushing member for pushing the other of the first and second connector housings into the properly fitted position from the improperly fitted positions in order to double lock the first and second connector housings together.
  • the detecting member moves in a backward and forward direction along the fitting direction of the connector housings and pushes the lock piece in by a predetermined force when the detecting member extends over the lock piece.
  • an element keeps the detecting member at the outside of the end portion of the lock piece.
  • the end portion of the lock piece includes a first downward projection having a first contact face.
  • the hooking part includes a second contact face, and the first contact face initially contacts the second contact face and thereafter passes over the hooking part when the first and second connector housings are moved to the properly fitted state.
  • the second contact face may be inclined.
  • the lock piece may include a lever that swings about a fulcrum on the other of the first and second housing.
  • the detecting member includes at least one projection.
  • a second downward projection is provided on the other of the first and second housings. The at least one projection engages the second downward projection when the first and second connector housings are moved to the properly fitted state to thereby double-lock the first and second connector housings together.
  • the connector includes first and second connector housings being adapted to be connected together along a fitting direction between a plurality of improperly fitted positions and a properly fitted position.
  • a lock piece is obliquely movable in one of the first and second connector housings.
  • a hooking part is provided on the other of the first and second housings. The lock piece moves and passes over the hooking part when the first and second connector housings are fitted together. The first and second connector housings are locked in the properly fitted state by the lock piece and hooking part when the connector housings are properly fitted.
  • a detecting member moves along the lock piece and a protruding part of the detecting member is provided at a location cooperating with an outside of an obliquely moving end of the lock piece.
  • the protruding part extends over a portion of the detecting member when the detecting member moves along the lock piece.
  • the protruding part is offset from the end of the lock piece, as viewed along the fitting direction, when the first and second connector housings are in the improperly fitted position.
  • the end of the lock piece and the protruding member are not offset from each other, as viewed along the fitting direction, when the first and second connector housings are in the properly fitted position.
  • the detecting member When the connector housings are in the incompletely fitted position, the detecting member extends over a protruding part by moving the detecting member along the lock piece. The incompletely fitted state is thereby detected. When the detecting member is further pushed in after protruding from the protruding part, one connector housing is pushed in the other connector housing and they are properly fitted together.
  • the protruding part is at an outside of the obliquely moving end of the lock piece. Therefore, the detection of the incomplete fitting state can be assured. Further, after the incompletely fitted state is detected, the proper fitting can be automatically obtained by successively pushing in the detecting member. When the detecting member is pushed in, a "double-lock" is obtained.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view of the connector housings before fitting of the housings according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view in partial cross section of the female housing.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the structure equipped with the detecting member.
  • FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view showing the state of detecting the incomplete fitting of the housings.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view of the state where both housings are properly fitted and a detecting member is retained at the proper retaining position.
  • FIG. 6 is a exploded cross sectional view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a cross sectional view of the state before fitting of the housings.
  • FIG. 8 is a rear view of the female housing.
  • FIG. 9 is a cross sectional view of the state of detecting the incomplete fitting of the housings.
  • FIG. 10 is a cross sectional view of the state where both housings are properly fitted and the detecting member is retained.
  • FIG. 11 is a cross sectional view of the female housing according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a rear view of the female housing of FIG. 11.
  • FIG. 13 is a cross sectional view of the female housing according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 14 is a rear view of the female housing of FIG. 13.
  • FIGS. 1-5 The first embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in FIGS. 1-5.
  • the connector of the invention of FIGS. 1-5 is a waterproof and "momentum-lock" type connector.
  • male housing Me and female connector housing F1 are adapted to be mutually fitted together.
  • Male housing Me is formed from a synthetic resin and is connected to, for example, an engine accessory or the like.
  • Male housing M1 has a rectangular shape having a bottom and an open front face. A plurality of male terminal fittings (not shown) are arranged in and protrude from inner concave part 1.
  • Female connector housing F1 is similarly formed from a synthetic resin material.
  • a hood 3 is rectangular in shape and is formed around a front end (left side of FIG. 1) of main body part 2.
  • Male housing M1 is fitted in the inside of hood 3 and a front end of body part 2.
  • a plurality of cavities 4 are arranged in body part 2 and are formed to correspond to the male terminal fittings of male housing M1.
  • Female terminals are fixed at the end of wires (not illustrated) and are inserted from the rear face side thereof, and are hooked by a lance 5 provided in cavities 4 to hold such female terminals in a hooked state.
  • waterproof rubber stoppers are fixed to the rear side of the respective female terminals and the inlets of respective cavities are thereby sealed.
  • a rubber ring 6 is provided around body part 2 in the inner portion of hood 3. Both housings M1 and F1 are thereby connected together and a gap between both housings is designed to be sealed by holding the rubber ring 6 between the surrounding wall.
  • Lock piece 8 is provided at the center portion in the width direction in the upper face of female housing F1.
  • Lock piece 8 is long and narrow in a longitudinal direction.
  • the lower edges of the left and right side walls at approximately the central portion in the longitudinal direction are integrally connected with body part 2 at fulcrum 9, so that lock piece 8 can swing as a lever or seesaw about fulcrum 9.
  • a notch groove 10 opens at a central portion in the width direction to receive the front end of lock piece 8.
  • a first downward projection 12 is formed at a front end of lock piece 8.
  • Front contact face 12a of downward projection 12 cooperates with hooking part 13, which is formed at an upper face of male housing M1, as described below.
  • Hooking part 13 is capable of cooperating with and hooking downward projection 12 of the lock piece.
  • Hooking part 13 includes a substantially vertical face at a front end thereof.
  • Hooking part 13 also includes a contact face which is inclined at 13a. Therefore, when female housing F1 is pushed into the male housing, first downward projection 12 of lock piece 8 rides over the inclined face 13a and lock piece 8 swings in a clockwise direction (see FIG. 4). When both housings M1 and F1 are properly fitted, first downward projection 12 rides over hooking part 13 and therefore the lock piece 8 is restored to its original position and is locked by hooking downward projection 12 on the rear face of hooking part 13 (see FIG. 5).
  • a detecting member 15 is provided in female housing F1.
  • Detecting member 15 is formed as a separate synthetic resin material piece. As shown in detail in FIG. 3, detecting member 15 is formed in an inverted U-shape and crosses over lock piece 8. Legs 16 are formed to protrude to the outside at the lower end of the left and right side faces of detecting member 15.
  • Pressuring part 17 is a predetermined width and protrudes at a central portion in the width direction at the front edge of detecting member 15.
  • Projection 18 is formed at an upper face of an outside edge of pressuring part 17 for hooking (as described below) and an operation part 19 extends upwardly at a rear side of detecting member 15 at a predetermined distance from projection 18.
  • Groove 21 is formed in an upper face of lock piece 8 and is about the same width as the pressuring part 17 of detecting member 15. This groove extends from a position slightly to the front end from the central portion in the longitudinal direction to the rear end. The front edge of groove 21 acts as a pressure part 22. Pressuring operation element 23 is formed at the upper face of the rear end of lock piece 8 and is slightly higher and extends in the transverse direction.
  • Female housing F1 includes left and right side walls 25.
  • Guide grooves 26 extend in the longitudinal direction to respectively guide the sliding of both legs 16 of detecting member 15 during the fitting operation.
  • a roof 27 is slightly higher and is formed at the front ends of both side walls 25.
  • the rear edge of roof 27 is located just at the front edge of lock piece 8.
  • a second downward projection or downwardly projection element 28 is formed at the rear edge of roof 27 and is capable of fitting between the projection 18 of detecting member 15 and the operation part 19.
  • Convex elements 30 are formed at the outer face of legs 16 of detecting member 15.
  • Rear and front hooking holes 31, 32 on the left and right side walls are capable of receiving convex elements 30.
  • Rear hooking holes 31 are adapted for temporary retention and the front hooking holes 32 are adapted for proper or complete retention.
  • detecting member 15 is installed so that legs 16 are inserted from the rear end of the corresponding guide grooves 26 when lock piece 8 is swung in the unlocking direction by pressing pressuring operation part 23, and are temporarily retained by first fitting convex elements 30 into the rear hooking holes 31.
  • the pressuring operation part 23 of lock piece 8 returns to the original position and is designed to be hooked on the rear end of detecting member 15.
  • detecting member 15 is pushed along guide grooves 26, and reaches the upper position of the front side of lock piece 8, convex elements 30 are thereby retained by being fitted in front hooking holes 32.
  • second downward projection 28 of roof 27 can be fitted between projection 18 and operation part 19.
  • detecting member 15 is retained in advance at the temporary retention position shown in FIG. 1 against female housing F1. After the female terminals are stored in female housing F1, female housing F1 is pushed into male housing M1. Thereafter, while convex elements 30 are removed from rear hooking holes 31, detecting member 15 is pushed forwardly along guide grooves 26.
  • both housings M1 and F1 may be initially in an incomplete fitting state without a proper fitting. Then, first downward projection 12 of lock piece 8 swings in the clockwise direction while riding over hooking part 13 as shown in FIG. 4.
  • pressuring part 17 moves in groove 21 of the upper face of lock piece 8 and protrudes over or abuts the front pressure part 22 so that the incomplete fitting is thereby detected as shown in FIG. 4.
  • detecting member 15 is guided along guide grooves 26 and moved over the upper face of lock piece 8 which has properly returned to its original position, and detecting member 15 is retained just at the position above the front end of lock piece 8 as described above.
  • detecting member 15 can function to double lock the housings.
  • the second embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in FIGS. 6-10.
  • the second embodiment includes a male housing M2 and a female housing F2 which are mutually connected together.
  • Male housing M2 includes a fitting concave part 41 at a front face and is formed with a rectangular shape having a bottom.
  • a plurality of male terminal fittings are arranged and protrude from the rear face of fitting concave part 41.
  • Female housing F2 is schematically illustrated in FIG. 6 and hood 43 is formed to receive male housing M2.
  • Female terminals are stored in body part 42 and are adapted to be connected with corresponding male terminal fittings.
  • Lock piece 45 is provided at the central portion in the width direction on the upper face of female housing F2.
  • Lock piece 45 is long and narrow in the longitudinal direction and is formed in an inverted U-shape.
  • the lower edge of left and right side walls at approximately the center part in the longitudinal direction are integrally connected with body part 42 to form fulcrum 46 so that lock piece 45 can swing in the manner of a lever or seesaw about fulcrum 46.
  • the central portion in the width direction of the upper face of hood 43 is notched to receive the front end of lock piece 45.
  • a downward projection 47 is formed on the front end of lock piece 45 for hooking on a cooperative hooking part as described below.
  • a step 48 extends upwardly and is formed on the upper face at the rear end of lock piece 45.
  • a hooking part 49 which is capable of being hooked by downward projection 47 of lock piece 45, is provided on the upper face of male housing M2.
  • the contact face of hooking part 49 and downward projection 47 are substantially vertical, constituting a momentum lock.
  • downward projection 47 of lock piece 45 passes over hooking part 49 and hooks onto hooking part 49 against a large resistance.
  • Lock piece 45 swings in a clockwise direction (FIG. 9) and after being mounted on hooking part 49, female housing F2 is pushed into the proper position by momentum force.
  • detecting member 51 is formed as a separate piece to lock piece 45 of female housing F2.
  • Detecting member 51 has a slightly longer total length than lock piece 45 and is designed to freely slide over the upper face of lock piece 45 in the longitudinal direction.
  • a detecting piece 52 having an upward convex part 53 at a tip thereof is provided on the front end of detecting member 51, and is capable of being bent.
  • the front upper end part of convex part 53 has a tapered face 53a.
  • a dome 55 is formed on the upper face of hood 43 to cover the front portion from the upper face of the front end of lock piece 45.
  • grooves 56 extend from a position which is located at a predetermined distance from the rear end and are open at the front end.
  • the inner portion of grooves 56 includes a hooking part 57 for convex part 53 as illustrated in FIG. 10.
  • Guide grooves 60 are formed along a longitudinal direction of the inside of left and right legs 59 of detecting member 51.
  • Projecting portions 61 are formed at the right and left side faces of the rear end of lock piece 45 and are fitted in guide grooves 60 for free sliding movement.
  • Projecting elements 62 are formed on the outer face of the front end of both legs 59 and detecting member 51.
  • Guide grooves 63 are formed in the inner face of the left and right side walls of dome 55 for receiving projecting elements 62 for free sliding movement.
  • Guide grooves 65 are formed in an upper inside portion of detecting member 51 in a predetermined position from the rear edge of detecting member 51 where step 48 of lock piece 35 fits.
  • Detecting member 51 is installed by being pushed in from an upper side as shown by the arrow in FIG. 6. Projecting elements 62 are inserted in the guide grooves 60 while spreading the left and right legs 59. Hooking to the rear side is carried out by placing the inner edge of fitting grooves 65 over step part 48 of lock piece 45 as shown in FIG. 7. This position is a shunting position with a rear end of detecting member 51 protruding by a predetermined amount from the rear end of lock piece 45. Furthermore, the tip of detecting lock piece 52 is located just at the rear side of dome 55 and tapered face 53a of convex part 53 is designed to cooperate with the rear edge of ceiling 55a of dome 55.
  • detecting member 51 it is possible for detecting member 51 to be pushed forwardly along lock piece 45 from the shunting position by fitting projecting elements 61 in guide grooves 60 and further fitting projecting elements 61 in guide grooves 63 to be guided thereby. Furthermore, detecting lock piece 52 is bent downwardly by contacting tapered face 53a of convex part 53 on ceiling 55a of dome 55 and inserting tapered face 53a under the lower side of ceiling 55a of the dome 55. When detecting member 51 is moved to a predetermined position, detecting piece 52 is restored and deformed to hook convex part 53 on hooking part 57. Furthermore, back and forth motion is regulated or prevented by contacting step part 52a of detecting member 52 by the rear edge of ceiling 55a. The rear end of detecting member 51 is designed to just coincide with the rear end of lock piece 45 as illustrated in FIG. 10.
  • Detecting member 51 is installed in advance at the shunting position shown in FIG. 7 against lock piece 45 of female housing F2.
  • Female housing F2 is pushed in the direction of the arrow into male housing M2. Thereafter, detecting member 51 which is at the shunting position is pushed forwardly.
  • detecting piece 52 When detecting member 51 advances to the predetermined position, detecting piece 52 returns and is deformed so that convex part 53 is hooked on hooking part 57. Furthermore, the stepped part of the joint side of detecting piece 52 contacts the rear edge of ceiling 55a and is retained in a position for preventing back and forth movement. By retaining detecting member 51 just on lock piece 45, unexpected swinging of the lock piece 45 is prevented and the housings are "double-locked".
  • detecting member 51 which is pushed out is pushed in and detecting piece 52 is deformed by bending and is retained in a similar manner as described above.
  • detecting member 51 is pushed in, and in the incomplete fitted state, pushing in is prevented by the contact of detecting piece 52 on dome 55, and thereby the incomplete fitting is detected. Furthermore, at this time, as the rear end of detecting member 51 protrudes from the rear end of lock piece 55, the incomplete fitting can also be detected by eyesight.
  • detecting member 51 is pushed in along lock piece 45 and contacts dome 55 upwardly from the front end of lock piece 45. Therefore, highly reliable detection of the incomplete fitting can be achieved. Furthermore, as detecting member 51 is provided on lock piece 45, the pushing in operation also becomes easy.
  • detecting member 51 After detection of the incomplete fitting, detecting member 51 is pushed in and can be locked by pushing female housing F2 to the proper position. As the pushed in detecting member 51 can be retained on the lock piece which is returned to its normal position, detecting member 51 can also be used in combination for "double-locking" the housings.
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 The third embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 11 and 12.
  • the slide-guide structure on the lock piece and detecting member 51 is slightly changed.
  • Rail 71 extends longitudinally in the upper face of lock piece 45 and guide grooves 72 are formed at the inner face of both legs 59a of detecting member 51 for receiving rail 71.
  • Other structure and the operations are similar to the second embodiment.
  • FIGS. 13 and 14 illustrate a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • the slide-guide structure of lock piece 45b of detecting member 51b is slightly changed.
  • rails 73 are formed in the longitudinal direction on left and right sides of lock piece 45b and guide grooves 74 are formed at the inner face of both legs 59b of detecting member 51b for receiving rails 73.
  • Other structure and operations are similar to the second embodiment.
  • the detecting member includes structure for being pushed in to the front end from the rear end of the lock piece, but it is possible to detect the incomplete fitted state when the detecting member is pushed in a transverse direction to the front side of the lock piece from the side, and this is included within the scope of the present invention.
  • the present invention can also be applied to conventional lock forms as well as the "momentum-lock” as illustrated and described above.
  • the present invention can also be applied to a connector with an arm-type lock piece which is installed so as to be capable of deforming by bending in the form of a cantilever, as well as the seesaw type lock piece as described above.

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